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  Non-contributory pensions – costly luxury or weapon against poverty?

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2004

  Although the incidence of old age poverty in developing countries is high and set to increase further there is considerable resistance to establishing non-contributory pension programmes. It is often argued that they are unaffordable, that households can provide adequate support to older people and that there are many more pressing development challenges.
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  International migration, remittances, and poverty in developing countries

  Policy Research Working Papers, World Bank, 2003

  This paper examines the impact of international migration and remittances on poverty in a broad cross-section of developing countries.
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  Remittance senders and receivers: tracking the transnational channels

  2003

  According to IADB, total remittances are due to surpass foreign direct investment as a source of capital for Latin America and the Caribbean in 2003. The total aggregate of remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean during this decade is conservatively projected to reach more than $450 billion.
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  Migration and human capital in Brazil during the 1990s

  World Bank, 2003

  This paper bases its arguments around the dynamics of Migration in Brazil, which historically, has been a mechanism for adjustment to disequilibria.
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  Changing rural-urban interactions in Sub-Saharan Africa and their impact on livelihoods: a summary

  International Institute for Environment and Development, 2002

  This paper argues that trends in flows of people, goods, money and information, and patterns of occupational diversification reflect a dynamic process of economic, social and cultural transformation in Sub Saharan Africa which needs to be better understood.
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  Hands not land: how livelihoods are changing in rural Bangladesh

  Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies, 2002

  This book provides some ideas for development practitioners on how to approach the challenge of the eradication of poverty in Bangladesh. Its origins lie in a study of rural livelihoods commissioned in 2000-2001 by DFID UKThis book is an overview of research papers that examine the life and livelihoods of people living in rural Bangladesh.
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  Indian diaspora as a strategic asset

  Economic and Political Weekly, India, 2003

  With one of the largest pools of relatively low wage semi-skilled and skilled labour, India is poised as a critical of global sourcing of labour. How can India take advantage of these future trends, so as not only to maximise the welfare of Indians outside the country, but that of those within the country as well?
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  Economic and social components of migration in two regions of Southern Province, Zambia

  Centre for Development Studies, Bath University, 1997

  Paper addresses the migration process in the Zambia's Southern Province. Until recently when droughts and cattle diseases have begun to plague the area, Southern Province was known for its ideal farming conditions.
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  Migrants, livelihoods and rights: the relevance of migration in development policies

  Department for International Development, UK, 2000

  Aims to inform development policy debates with an improved understanding of migration. The paper starts from the idea that these debates pay too little attention to the contribution of migration to poverty reduction: policies tend to ignore migration, or have the implicit or explicit aim to reduce migration.

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